Morning journal and courier., 1887-06-16
MONUMENT DAY.

lie Interest in the War Sh1ps-L1st of | the OA1cers-The Decorations About TOWn-The Grand Reception To- Night at the Union Armory-Sher- | man, Sheridan, Terry, Ectc.-Further l Preparations For the Great Parade
 TO-Morrow-LIst of Guests Who
 Have Accepted Invitations-The Fly.
 perion Headquarters-The Grand He l lumin natiOm and Display of Fireworks
 at East Rock TO.Night-ManY Jot. | tin@S of Interest:
 Everybody was alive with interest over Monument day yesterday. the eventful day being 80 near at hand and the preparations so nearly matured. A fresh, impetus was given the popular enthusiasm yesterday by the presence here of the United States war vessels, rare sight here, in fact sight, as far as our harbor is concerned, not seen be- fore in generations. And yet, as Captain Townshend remarked to various gentlemen yesterday, there is no need of any such rar- ity of war vessels here. Our harbor, he said, is one of the finest on the coast, with ample depth of water for the largest war vessels of our navy, as evinced by the fact that the three war vessels are anchored in our harbor inside the breakwater in thirty feet of water, | while the largest of the three draws only eighteen feet; also further evidenced by the fact that there may frequently be seen heav- ily-laden lumber crafts in the Quinnipiac river north of Tomlinson bridge which draw, l when thus laden, more water than the larg- est war vessel now in the harbor. Our har- bor, continued the captain, is too often and generally pronounced a mud flat and decried | even by our own townsmen Of no account, | when in fact any of the war vessels of the | United States can come up as far as Toml1n- sons bridge. There were many expeditions down the harbor yesterday to pay a visit to the men-of-war. The Mayor went down upon the principal one of these trips. The party went down on the yacht Lucy, Captain w. H. Andrews, and consisted of the committee of the New Haven Yacht club who invited the party, consisting of James ! Gallagher, jr., chairman, His Honor May or l York, who is a member of the club, R. R. I Hopkins, jr., F. H. Andrews, owner of the Lucy, and c. M Peck, ex-comnodore of the yacht fleet. The invited guests were Gen eral s. E. Merwin, General E. s. Greeley. | Captain Townshend and Captain w. s. Wells, the coal dealer, chairman of the city ! naval reception committee. The party spoke 1 in high terms of pleasure of their reception and hospitable entertainment at the hands of Admiral Luce. They were, of course, on the AdmiraIs flag ship, and arrived at just eight bells, the noon hour, and saw the marines at dinner, and had very interesting visit. While on board the party imagined them selves once more back in s'Pinafo1e" days, when they saw veritable bun-boat woman chamber over the sides bearing her basket laden with ''baccy" pipes and oranges and other goodies which she proceeded at once to offer the Jack Tars. What she lacked ! in grace or sylph-like movement or fairy-like | grace she made up in prompt attention and devotion to business, and reaped quite sat- isfactory harvest. She came up on one of the New York steamboats on purpose to be ! on hand to sell to the sailors board ship l and to remain over and earn an honest dollar in selling her goods on Monument day. May or York, as spokesman for the party, made | their errand known to the admiral, who at | once with bluff sailor courtesy made the | party feel perfectly at home. The admiral l had, as before stated, sent official notice of | the arrival of the vessels to this city | by staff officer, Lieutenant Dilling | ham, who repaired to Mayor York's | he reported at the City Hall and officially appraised General Merwin and Gen. eral Greeley of the fleets arrival. Lieuten- | ant Dillingham; was the guest of Captain I Townshend Tuesday night. Admiral Luce is we'll known as an officer of high reputa. tion, large scientific attainments, polished in | speech and manner, and thoroughly qualified | for the eminent position he so ftly occupies. ! The visiting party in question arrived back | in the city at o'clock in the afternoon. The I admiral placed his vessels at the disposal of | the city's committee. Arrangements were made to land the naval ! battalion on Long Wharf at 9 o'clock Friday morning. They will come up in their launch es, lowed by Curtis Evarts' tugs. The off cers will land at the Yacht club house half Il an hour later. Admiral Luce has issued the following:
 NORTH ATLANTIC STATION,
 UNITED STATES FLAGSHIP RIcHMoND.( Special Order No. | North Atlantie e squadron to be landed at New Ha- Tieutenant Commarder IT A Jvons commandino
 brigade; Lieutenant A. c. Dillingham;; adju-
 tans S!siEtant A G MsgRdsF
 oom19mi1sssary; 919 1sy Lieutenant G.
 M M Parks,
 Marine battalion,:capt. H. Harrington, USING, First Lieut.. B. R. Russell, commanding 1st com Second Lieut. c, M. Perkins, Rs' commanding ad com
 pany.
 BATTALION BLUE JACKETS.
 Lieut.. R. Wainright colonel commanding.
 Ensign John Gibson, adjutant
 Lieut. e,t ara5 K5grn commanding lst M company Lieut.. T. D. Griffin, 4th
 Ensign F.W. Kellogg, 5th
 ARTILLERY.
 Lieut.. A. F Nazro, commanding.
 Chief of section.
 Chief of section.
 Ensign S. Sins SPisf eSm%anding 70 nnoiod sd platoon
 Ensign Geo. W. Street. commanding 3d platoon. I
 Chief of section. \
 Chief of section.
 Each company will have 32 men and each | piece of artillery 20 men.
 The following ranking officers of the fleet | will ride in the procession: Rear Admiral ! s. B. Luce, Captain Boyd, chief of staff, I Lieut.. J. s. Abbott, secretary; Lieut.. J. F. | Wedges, fleet gunnery officer; Jackson Nc ! Ewsll, fleet engineer; c. F. Cite, pay .in- spector; B. H. Kidder, medical inspector,s F. H. Harrington, fleet marine officer, and Con- manders Chester and Greene of the Galena and Yantic.
 It is not expected that any other vessels will arrive in time to participate. The Rich I mond is 5000 ton ship and the other two | l ,500 tons burden. The admiral does not deem it safe to move the fleet any farther up the harbor.
 The flagship is manned by crew of about 100, and these with the officers and marines made the number on board nearly 300. The ship is armed with twelve 11-inch smooth bore guns, and one large 18-inch rified gun l amidships. This latter gun weighs about 17, 300 pounds and carries a shell weighing 1S0 pounds Two Hotchkiss guns are also ! placed at the stern. Admiral Luce said our harbor was fine one and commended the , breakwater highly. He said he should prob ably stop here with vessels often in coming years. II
 Another Visit. IS Another party went down to visit the men,